| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7600348 |
Ballistic protection shelter |
October 13, 2009 |
| A ballistic protection shelter includes a soft-walled shelter structure wherein soft wall and soft roof portions are supported on at least one rigid support member, and an internal shelter structure for disposition within the soft-walled shelter structure. The internal shelter structure |
| 7582430 |
Immunoliposome-nucleic acid amplification (ILNAA) assay |
September 1, 2009 |
| Immunoliposomes and use thereof in highly specific and sensitive nucleic acid amplification assays relying on amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences released from encapsulation within a liposome after a receptor on the liposome couples with a targeted analyte/antigen immobi |
| 7507454 |
Polymeric antioxidants |
March 24, 2009 |
| Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): ##STR00001## wherein: R is --H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or |
| 7498331 |
Arthropod repellent pharmacophore models, compounds identified as fitting the pharmacophore mode |
March 3, 2009 |
| Disclosed herein is a pharmacophore model for arthropod repellent activity and methods of making and using thereof. The pharmacophore comprises two hydrophobic aliphatic functions, one aromatic function and one hydrogen bond acceptor function. The pharmacophore model was made using a tes |
| 7495767 |
Digital optical method (DOM.TM.) and system for determining opacity |
February 24, 2009 |
| Photography is employed to objectively quantify opacity of fluids such as smoke plumes and dust via a method termed the Digital Optical Method (DOM.TM.). The DOM.TM. quantifies the ratio of radiance values by means of a camera response curve obtained using objective measures. The rad |
| 7481176 |
Transportable flotation system |
January 27, 2009 |
| A transportable modular flotation system with sections incorporating a decked supporting structure that is buoyed by heavy duty flotation tubes. The sections are coupled together with pre-tensioned ropes, straps or cables of High Modulus Fiber. The system is suitable for off-loading |
| 7463329 |
Materials for freezing light |
December 9, 2008 |
| Recent theoretical investigations have predicted the existence of axially frozen modes that arise when light is incident upon an anisotropic two-dimensional photonic crystal. Such electromagnetic modes are of interest since they suggest a near-zero group velocity with extraordinary a |
| 7458304 |
Mortar bomb vacuum positioning apparatus |
December 2, 2008 |
| A mortar munition includes a mortar tube; an opening in the wall of the mortar tube; a spring loaded valve assembly disposed in the opening in the wall of the mortar tube; a solenoid having a plunger, the plunger being disposed to open the spring loaded valve assembly; and a vacuum s |
| 7445717 |
Process for treating waste from the production of energetics |
November 4, 2008 |
| A waste stream is treated in a pre-filter having media, preferably sand, connected below a zero-valent metal column reactor incorporating a metal with reducing potential, preferably elemental iron (Fe.sup.0); the combination preferably configured as a single unit. The waste stream is |
| 7419683 |
Method of inhibiting side effects of pharmaceutical compositions containing amphiphilic vehicles |
September 2, 2008 |
| A method is provided for inhibiting or preventing toxicity and other unwanted effects (a) caused by solvents for pharmaceuticals which solvents or emulsifier which contain amphiphilic molecules such as polyethoxylated oils or a derivative thereof, or (b) caused by a drug in a vehicle |
| 7390123 |
Variable emittance surfaces |
June 24, 2008 |
| Designs for constructing a surface with variable emittance are described. This is achieved by making a surface where the emissivity varies on a scale smaller than the resolution of a thermal imager viewing the surface. One design utilizes many cylindrical surfaces with their axis par |
| 7377276 |
Automated inhalation toxicology exposure system and method |
May 27, 2008 |
| In one embodiment, a method includes but is not limited to: conditioning an inhalent environment; exposing a first organism to the inhalent environment for a first-organism duration of time; and exposing a second organism to the inhalent environment for a second-organism duration of |
| 7363862 |
Multi-purpose single initiated tandem warhead |
April 29, 2008 |
| A multi-purpose tandem warhead needing only a single initiation has a casing that forms front, middle and rear portions. A shaped charge is positioned in the rear portion of the casing and a fragmentation charge is positioned in the front portion of the casing. The middle portion bet |
| 7363765 |
Article of footwear with temperature regulation means |
April 29, 2008 |
| Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tube is disposed in the |
| 7355561 |
Systems and methods for providing images |
April 8, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for providing images are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the system for providing images includes a first image display device for displaying a first image at a first image plane and a second image display device for displaying a second image at a second ima |
| 7350614 |
System and method for vehicle cab with landmine protection |
April 1, 2008 |
| A system for providing a vehicle with landmine protection for occupants of a vehicle cab via controlled articulation of the vehicle cab in response to an under-vehicle explosive event includes a cab guide pin attached to the rear of the vehicle cab, and a vehicle frame having a sub-frame |
| 7350479 |
System and method for controlling growth of aquatic plants utilizing bio-eroding means implanted |
April 1, 2008 |
| An "implant and forget" device for interacting with biota after a pre-established time period. Preferably, the biota are fauna and more particularly fish. In select embodiments, the device comprises packaging enclosing apparatus for timing interaction via opening the packaging. In se |
| 7348560 |
Thermoluminescent reader module |
March 25, 2008 |
| A thermoluminescent reader module having a hardened, durable construction has a casing which houses a filter, a ball lens and detection module. After a thermoluminscent material is heated by a laser diode, the ball lens collects the hemispherical photon emissions. The filter is posit |
| 7348201 |
Creation of anisotropic strain in semiconductor quantum well |
March 25, 2008 |
| Methods and devices for creating an anisotropic strain in a semiconductor quantum well structure to induce anisotropy thereof are disclosed herein. Initially, a substrate is provided, and a quantum well structure formed upon the substrate. A first crystalline layer (e.g., a GaAs layer) h |
| 7347768 |
Apparatus and method to test abrasion resistance of material using airborne particulate |
March 25, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method to test the abrasion resistance of materials. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a conduit network, a primary air stream generating device to generate a primary air stream in the conduit network, a secondary air stream generating device to produce a second |
| 7347038 |
Enhanced fore-aft movement cutting attachment |
March 25, 2008 |
| A debris cutting system for attachment to a vehicle. The system includes a nose shaped projection that extends horizontally in the forward direction from the forward moving end of the vehicle. The projection includes at least one front blade mount subsystem, at least one rear blade mount |
| 7343362 |
Low complexity classification from a single unattended ground sensor node |
March 11, 2008 |
| Disclosed are a system and method of multi-modality sensor data classification and fusion comprising partitioning data stored in a read only memory unit on a sensor node using a low query complexity boundary-decision classifier, applying an iterative two-dimensional nearest neighbor |
| 7342057 |
Self-healing coatings using microcapsules to suppress lead dust |
March 11, 2008 |
| Self-healing coatings incorporate microcapsules of about 60-150 microns diameter that contain film formers and dust suppression compounds suitable for controlling spalling of lead dust, for example. In one embodiment, a primer paint is mixed with these microcapsules and applied by br |
| 7335356 |
Monoclonal antibodies and complementarity-determining regions binding to Ebola glycoprotein |
February 26, 2008 |
| In this application are described Ebola GP monoclonal antibodies, epitopes recognized by these monoclonal antibodies, and the sequences of the variable regions of some of these antibodies. Also provided are mixtures of antibodies of the present invention, as well as methods of using |
| 7330507 |
Apparatus and method for multi-channel equalization |
February 12, 2008 |
| A communication system with a multi-channel array antenna utilizes a receiver matching process that adapts the pass band frequency response of each channel to a selected reference channel. This process is implemented digitally by inserting a tapped delay line filter in each channel, |
| 7318369 |
Out-of-battery lock for automatic primer feed mechanism |
January 15, 2008 |
| An out-of-battery lock for a primer feed mechanism having a drive shaft and a drive shaft housing surrounding the drive shaft, the out-of-battery lock including a housing having an opening therethrough for attachment to the drive shaft; a pair of wings disposed on opposite sides of the |
| 7314006 |
Nonlethal canister tank round |
January 1, 2008 |
| A nonlethal canister tank round comprising a cartridge having a combustible case and containing propellant; a canister projectile attached to the cartridge, the canister projectile being generally cylindrical, comprising high density polyurethane foam and including a body and a cap f |
| 7310361 |
Intersubband semiconductor lasers with enhanced subband depopulation rate |
December 18, 2007 |
| Intersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 .mu.m) device applications. These semiconductor devices have a wide range of applications from pollution detection and industrial monitoring to military functions.ISLs have generally encountered sev |
| 7309582 |
Polymer-template complex produced by enzymatic polymerization |
December 18, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a novel method for enzymatic polymerization which includes (1) obtaining a reaction mixture including a monomer, a template, and an enzyme; and (2) incubating the reaction mixture for a time and under conditions sufficient for the monomer to align along the t |
| 7308827 |
Integrated gyroscope and temperature sensor |
December 18, 2007 |
| A gyroscope and temperature sensor are formed on a single chip using SOI-MEMS technology. The temperature sensor has an array of resistors to accurately detect the temperature of the gyroscope in temperatures and conditions that can range from extreme heat to extreme cold. The positi |
| 7307127 |
Highly sulfonated block copolymer hydrogels and uses thereof |
December 11, 2007 |
| A block copolymer composition AB is provided that has pendent groups --RZ extending from the A copolymer on at least 70 mol % of the A monomers, where R and Z are each an ionic species. The composition is included in a semipermeable membrane for use in a direct methanol fuel cell. Also |
| 7306806 |
Recombinant P. falciparum merozoite protein-142 vaccine |
December 11, 2007 |
| In this application is the expression and purification of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) MSP-1.sub.42. The method of the present invention produces a highly purified protein which retains folding and disulfide bridging of the native molecule. The recombinant MSP-1.sub.42 i |
| 7304742 |
Flow-through aerosol photoacoustic systems and methods |
December 4, 2007 |
| Embodiments of photoacoustic devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. One device embodiment, among others, comprises a flow-through configuration for a test sample gas and a modular set of two or more solid-state or gaseous based lasers. |
| 7304732 |
Microelectromechanical resonant photoacoustic cell |
December 4, 2007 |
| An integrated photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) cell is fabricated using microelectromechanical (MEMS) techniques. The multi-layer structure includes an inner layer with a patterned resonant cavity disposed between top and bottom outer layers and a microphone acoustically coupled to the |
| 7304363 |
Interacting current spreader and junction extender to increase the voltage blocked in the off st |
December 4, 2007 |
| A technique of spreading current flowing in a semiconductor device comprising an electrode, a drift region adjacent to the electrode, a junction termination extension implant region in the drift region, and a current spreader adjacent to the junction termination extension implant reg |
| 7298255 |
Sensory systems employing non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors for determining orientation and |
November 20, 2007 |
| A sensory system for determining the orientation of an object, wherein the sensory system includes a plurality of non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors or array(s) of waveguide sensors. The non-uniformly spaced waveguide sensors are responsive to received radio frequency signals whe |
| 7297785 |
Unique chromosomal sequence of Bacillus anthracis and methods of making and using thereof includ |
November 20, 2007 |
| Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules having sequences that are unique to Bacillus anthracis and method of making and using thereof. Also disclosed are kits comprising the nucleic acid molecules. |
| 7297626 |
Process for nickel silicide Ohmic contacts to n-SiC |
November 20, 2007 |
| A Ni.sub.2Si-nSiC Ohmic contact is formed by pulsed laser ablation deposition (PLD) of Ni.sub.2Si source target deposited on a n-SiC substrate or SiC substrate wafer with SiC epilayer. The Ni.sub.2Si Ohmic contact on n-SiC was rapid thermal annealed at 950.degree. C. for 30 s in a N. |
| 7296654 |
Tunable stacked plate vibration isolator |
November 20, 2007 |
| Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing vibrations in an electrical device, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of stacked metal plates, wherein the stacked metal plates move frictionally opposed to one another upon excitation of the device, and wherein movement of the |
| 7296488 |
System and method for accessing ferrous surfaces normally accessible only with special effort |
November 20, 2007 |
| A system incorporating a robot to inspect ferrous surfaces. Preferably, the robot is an articulated device having a tractor module for motive power and steering, a power module for electrical power and communications and additional motive power, and a third module for cleaning and in |
| 7295312 |
Rapid 4-Stokes parameter determination via Stokes filter wheel |
November 13, 2007 |
| A system for determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters includes a scene having a region that emits scene light rays that correspond to the points in the scene, an optical chopper controller, a rotating Stokes filter wheel that in |
| 7294686 |
Polymerization of aromatic monomers using derivatives of hematin |
November 13, 2007 |
| Hematin, a hydroxyferriprotoporphyrin, is derivatized with one or more non-proteinaceous amphipathic groups. The derivatized hematin can serve as a mimic of horseradish peroxidase in polymerizing aromatic monomers, such as aromatic compounds. These derivatized hematins can also be used |
| 7291016 |
Ophthalmic surgery simulation device |
November 6, 2007 |
| This invention relates to a device for simulating life-like conditions during eye surgery. The device includes a prosthetic head which includes an eye socket coupled to a fluid line adapted to create negative pressure or a vacuum in the eye socket. An eye for practicing surgical techniqu |
| 7286444 |
Method and system for synchronizing separated clocks |
October 23, 2007 |
| Methods and systems for synchronizing a first clock with a second clock, wherein the clocks are separated, are disclosed. A representative system, among others, includes a correlated particle emitter that emits a first particle stream and a second particle stream. Particles in the first |
| 7284487 |
Single-piece stereolithographically-produced missile igniter |
October 23, 2007 |
| Stereolithography is used to fabricate directly a single-piece, missile-usable, accurate, flightweight igniter without the use of intermediate, non-operational molds or prototypes in the fabrication process. The same prototype-less, direct stereolithography can be used to produce oth |
| 7284357 |
Method of creating barrier to fluid flow under concrete surface coat of concrete floor |
October 23, 2007 |
| A barrier to fluid passage is embedded within, instead of atop, porous material to retain the durability of the surface of the porous material. In one embodiment, a thin set mortar is applied to a concrete slab. A pleated metal foil is pressed into the wet mortar and a bond is establ |
| 7283962 |
Methods and systems for detecting, measuring, and monitoring stress in speech |
October 16, 2007 |
| As disclosed herein, the present invention provides methods and systems for detecting, measuring, or monitoring the presence of absence of at least one emotion in a subject from a speech sample obtained from the subject. In particular, the methods and systems of the present invention |
| 7277829 |
Synthetic signal generator for testing biological aerosol detector peak detection algorithms |
October 2, 2007 |
| A method for generating a synthetic data signal is described. A synthetic data signal having any desired duration is generated from a data signal and a background signal of shorter duration. The duration of the background signal is extended by sampling the background signal at random |
| 7274449 |
System for determining stokes parameters |
September 25, 2007 |
| A system for determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters includes a scene having a region that emits scene light rays that correspond to the points in the scene, a color filter, a Stokes filter that includes a rotating retarder having |
| 7271019 |
Lateral heat spreading layers for epi-side up ridge waveguide semiconductor lasers |
September 18, 2007 |
| Disclosed are a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same comprising a substrate, a mesa region adjacent to the substrate, an electroplated metal layer, for reducing the thermal resistance of the device, surrounding the mesa region, an insulator layer separating a side |
